It's 1.25am on Tuesday night (or Wednesday morning, depending on your perspective) and I have just managed to find time to sit down to do our blog after an absolutely fabulous three days of the Bradworthy Arts Festival. To say it was manic would be an understatement. Caught slightly off guard by the popularity of our super-whizzy spin painting machine we managed to create about 200 unique pieces of artwork. That's about one every seven and a half minutes! If there is anyone in North Devon that does not have their own original spin painting I will be surprised.

It was a wonderful introduction to art for many people of all ages from toddlers to pensioners, all mesmerised by the kaleidoscopic whirling pictures - and a great leveler too. As a professional artist for over thirty years, I found that 4 year olds could produce pictures as good as me. The beauty of it was that you couldn't paint a bad picture. Each one unique, each one having its own original qualities.

Clearly impressed with their ability to produce a professional piece of artwork, I noticed a few of the adults getting ideas. One guy with an entrepreneurial spirit, I think his name was Damien, said he was going to sell his on ebay and make a fortune! Some of the men wanted to look underneath to see how it was made, some asked if it was for hire and many asked when I would be doing it again. Woh... stop! After three days staring into the spinning vortex of this contraption I am feeling slightly giddy. Even the bedroom ceiling was spinning like I'd spent a night on the booze. So, wait a bit, I might be persuaded to do it again, we'll see.

Meanwhile, Belinda was attempting to serve customers in the gallery whilst marshalling punters, trying to dry the spin paintings with a hairdryer (perhaps she should have used a spin dryer, eh?) and helping people with the Golden Goose Egg Competition. Winner to be announced in next week's blog.

Everybody enjoyed themselves, and I would like to think it was worthwhile if only a few people can see the pleasure art can bring. And, you never know, for some budding artists, it may even lead to a career one day. It did with me.